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11Odds On —   First edition cover Author(s) …
12odds-on — Odds of less than even money. This a bet where you have to outlay more than you win. For example if a horse is two to one Odds On, you have to outlay two dollars to win one dollar and your total collect if the horse wins is three dollars. That is …
13Odds — die (Plur.) <aus gleichbed. engl. odds (Plur.)>: a) engl. Bez. für Vorgaben (Sport); b) das vom Buchmacher festgelegte Verhältnis des Einsatzes zum Gewinn bei Pferdewetten …
14odds-on — odds′ on′ adj. being the one more or most likely to attain or achieve something: the odds on favorite[/ex] • Etymology: 1885–90 …
15odds — [n1] advantage allowance, benefit, bulge, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, draw, edge, handicap, head start, lead, overlay, start, superiority, vantage; concept 693 Ant. disadvantage odds [n2] probability balance, chances, favor …
16odds-on — [ädz′än′] adj. having better, often much better, than an even chance of winning [an odds on favorite] …
17Odds — Odds, in der Turfsprache soviel wie ungleiche Wette; bezeichnet gewöhnlich die Differenz, die bei einer Wette vereinbart wird, z. B. 10: 1 …
18Odds — (engl.), im Rennsport die bei der Buchmacherei abgeschlossenen Wetten mit ungleichen Sätzen …
19odds — index advantage, contraposition, disaccord, disagreement, edge (advantage), embroilment, feud, probabili …
20odds — (n.) in wagering sense, found first in Shakespeare ( 2 Henry IV, 1597), probably from earlier sense of amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another (1540s), from ODD (Cf. odd) (q.v.), though the sense evolution is uncertain. Until… …
